As Tatas rejoice over NCLT Mumbai dismissing the appeal of Cyrus Mistry over his removal as Tata Sons chairman, Monday's development put the spotlight back on long-drawn high-decibel boardroom battles that India Inc has witnessed.

Mistry, who was suddenly removed as Chairman of Tata Sons in October 2016, had challenged his sacking and raised allegations of rampant misconduct on part of Ratan Tata and the company's Board.

While he asserted that "an appeal on merits will be pursued", Mistry's opponent Tata, who had retired as Chairman of Tata Sons in December 2012, is a patriarch who 'has been there and done that'.

In the 90s, when he was still young, the veteran industrialist had seen off group satraps like Russi Mody of Tata Steel, Darbari Seth at Tata Chemicals, Ajit Kerkar at Indian Hotels, and A H Tobaccowala at Voltas.

While the Tata versus Mistry has been the most recent heavyweight showdown at the group, a walk down the memory lane brings back to light the fact that they are not the only ones to have fallen out so badly after having been together.

After the death of Dhirubhai Ambani -- the founder of Reliance Industries, in July 2002, there was speculation that all was not well between his sons, Mukesh and Anil.

Rumours about wrangling between the Ambani brothers flew thick and fast till it was confirmed by the elder brother, Mukesh who admitted to a television channel in November 2004 that there were "ownership issues" in the Reliance group.

The once poster-boy of Indian IT industry, Infosys was at the centre of a controversy last February when co-founders N R Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani and Kris Gopalakrishna flagged what they said were corporate governance lapses.

Their concerns were related to hefty pay hike to the then CEO Vishal Sikka and large severance package to former CFO Rajiv Bansal and general counsel David Kennedy as well as doubts over Panaya acquisition.

The then board of the company, chaired by R Seshasayee put up a defiant fight against the campaign launched by co-founders, specially Murthy, whose letters to the company board were most often highlighted in media.

Finally, in August last year Sikka, the first non- founder CEO of Infosys Ltd, abruptly resigned citing "continuous assault" and "campaign" by Murthy.

Madhu Kapur, widow of Ashok was keen to get daughter Shagun Kapur Gogia nominated as a director but Yes Bank's board turned down the proposal citing RBI's eligibility criteria.

In 2013, Madhu Kapur and her family moved the Bombay High Court against Rana Kapoor demanding the right nominate a director to the bank's board citing articles of association of the bank while also challenging appointment of MR Srinivasan and Diwan Arun Nanda to board as non-executive directors.

A protracted legal battle followed and in June 2015, the court ruled in her favour. The court had made RBI a party to the boardroom battle.

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